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Genus "Psychrosinus"
Name: "Psychrosinus" Sattley et al. 2008
Etymology: Psy.chro’si.nus. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. masc. n. sinus, bend (also as genitive); N.L. masc. n. Psychrosinus, a cold-adapted, curved organism
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Psychrosin-), psy-KHRO-si-nus
Type species: "Psychrosinus fermentans" Sattley et al. 2008
Original publication:
Sattley WM, Jung DO, Madigan MT. Psychrosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactate-fermenting bacterium from near-freezing oxycline waters of a meromictic Antarctic lake. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008; 287:121-127. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Marchandin et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010.
Publication:
Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279.
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🧕 Marchandin et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010.
Publication:
Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Psychrosinus fermentans" Sattley et al. 2008 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Sattley WM, Jung DO, Madigan MT. Psychrosinus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a lactate-fermenting bacterium from near-freezing oxycline waters of a meromictic Antarctic lake. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008; 287:121-127.
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Record number: 521848
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